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On the Internation Women's Day, this video delves into the day of a female entrepreneur. In this video Hardika Shah, CEO, Kinara Capital will take you through her busy day.  #HardikaShah #FemaleEntrepreneur #OutlookMoney #Money #OutlookMagazine #OutlookGroup

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00:00 I will end this review of my day by telling you one of my favorite quotes from Maya Angelou

00:06 My mission in life is not just to survive

00:11 It's to thrive and it's to do it with some style some passion some compassion and some humor

00:19 Happy International Women's Day. Thank you for having me and good luck

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01:28 Hi.

01:28 My name is Hardika Shah, and I'm the founder and CEO

01:32 of Kinara Capital.

01:35 You asked me how I start my day.

01:37 I'm actually an early riser.

01:39 I've always been.

01:40 I usually get out of bed and, like everybody else,

01:42 check my phone first.

01:44 But very quickly, I remind myself

01:46 that there are three dogs outside who need me to get out

01:50 and give them some food.

01:51 I take care of these street dogs around the neighborhood.

01:54 There's Darpok, and Lola, and Papita,

01:56 and sometimes a couple of other stragglers

01:58 come by who I get to name as well.

02:01 After that, my lovely husband Bala

02:03 makes me the one and only one thing

02:05 he knows how to cook, which is a beautiful cup of coffee.

02:08 So I get that caffeine boost, and I'm ready to go.

02:12 Sometimes we go for a walk.

02:13 Probably need to do a little bit more of that.

02:16 But usually, that just gets me going.

02:18 Coffee is the best, and I get ready to go to work.

02:21 Work's usually a set of meetings, follow-ups.

02:25 We have an open calendar, open culture.

02:28 I have no secretary, no EA.

02:30 So I manage my own travel.

02:33 I manage my own timetable, and I manage all the meetings

02:36 myself, which means I'm always on my toes moving

02:38 around the office, which is now already four

02:41 floors in the corporate office here in Bangalore.

02:44 But at the end of the day, I try to get home by 7, 730,

02:49 and I try to switch off my technical finance

02:54 part of my brain and do something that's a little bit

02:56 more fun and creative.

02:57 I love art.

02:59 I collect art.

03:00 I used to paint.

03:02 I'm not very good, which is why I collect more than I actually

03:05 paint.

03:05 One of the other parts of my job is to travel.

03:08 I get to meet customers.

03:10 I get to go to my branches, meet employees.

03:13 Last year, I spent a lot of time on the road, 13 countries

03:18 and probably about 40 to 50 cities in India.

03:21 I love that part of my job.

03:23 It is liberating, trying new places, foods,

03:27 and just talking to people to see

03:29 how life goes on for them.

03:31 A lot of meetings around technology and data science,

03:33 because that is a core part of how

03:35 we solve the different parts of our business

03:38 to provide a level of service that

03:39 is required by the small business entrepreneur.

03:42 So we spend a huge amount of time

03:44 working and reworking our technology

03:47 to make it more efficient, more powerful, and more relevant.

03:51 I usually come to office with my dappa,

03:54 and I hope that I get time to eat it with some folks,

03:57 because everything is on the go.

03:59 And when I do, I just walk into the cafeteria

04:01 and sit down with whoever is there

04:03 in that time of the day and share a meal.

04:05 And most of the times, they appreciate what I bring

04:08 in my dappa as much as I do theirs.

04:11 You ask me what advice I can give

04:12 to young women who are in business

04:15 and want to be leaders tomorrow.

04:18 My one piece of advice is the one

04:20 that has worked for me always, which is to be persistent.

04:24 Everyone is going to try to figure out where you fit,

04:27 what box to put you in--

04:28 too fat, too thin, too tall, too skinny, too whatever.

04:33 At the end of the day, you only have yourself

04:35 to answer.

04:36 You need to find your voice.

04:38 You need to find that authentic story that is yours.

04:42 And that is what has helped me.

04:44 And being persistent with yourself and everything

04:47 you want to do gets you where you need to go.

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